Wow I just talked with Mark last week about doing a trip in the Sierra. From reading the report, it sounds like his partner is in trouble. Mark's strong and I'm hoping that he'll be able to help Thomas. Mark left a message on Facebook about Shasta Thursday afternoon so I'm hoping that they did this as an overnighter so that they have a high camp to retreat to. Really hoping for the best here.

I was on the summit at 12:30pm on Saturday. Didn't see anyone stranded on the summit plateau but didn't walk all the way over to the north side either. The general summit area was extremely windy.

Saw three other people total that day: a solo guy who had also done Green Butte/Sargents, a solo guy who had done Casaval and was descending Casaval, and one other solo guy who had done Avalanche Gulch from Helen Lake.

I've locked this thread. Please refer to the other thread in the CA forum which is still active. Out of respect for the families involved, please do not respond to posts by new members who may be trolling either legitimately (as was an Oakland Tribune reporter) or otherwise (just to cause trouble). Please just report them to the elves so they can be removed. Thanks.